POTUS Address Tonight
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Here's What Obama Is Expected To Say In His Address To The Nation TonightPresident Barack Obama will outline in an address to the nation Wednesday night an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, possibly including airstrikes in Syria, officials said.
From the Left
Obama's challenge: Sell, don't scarePresident Barack Obama has to thread a needle in his speech Wednesday night: addressing an American public increasingly fearful about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while trying to offer some perspective on a threat critics say he has long understated.
From the Right
Do over! Obama speech to reverse course on severity of Islamic State threatNine months after belittling the Islamic State as a “JV” terrorist group, President Obama will devote an urgent prime-time address Wednesday to his plan for defeating the suddenly resurgent militants, a strategy that will rely heavily on U.S. partnership with an untested Iraqi government and unproven Syrian rebels.
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